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WorksheetsColumbus Day Fun Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What year did Columbus sail the ocean blue?
a)
1492
b)
1954
c)
1510
d)
2000
2.
What islands did Columbus land on in the Caribbean?
a)
Bahamas
b)
Greater Antilles
c)
Jamaica
d)
Puerto Rico
3.
How many total trips did Columbus make to the area of the Caribbean?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
4.
What big island did Columbus also land upon?
a)
Hawaii
b)
Grand Cayman
c)
Cuba
d)
Galveston
5.
If Columbus didn't discover America, who was here first?
a)
Hernan Cortez
b)
Native peoples
c)
Francisco Pizzaro
d)
Marco Polo
6.
How did the millions of ancestors of native Americans get to the land that is now America?
a)
Across a land bridge during the last Ice Age.
b)
They arrived from England .
c)
They came across the Pacific Ocean from Australia.
d)
They drove from South America.
7.
Who was the first European explorer believed to have reached the area of the Americas?
a)
Leif Eriksson
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Benjamin Franklin
d)
John Smith
8.
What year did Leif Eriksson discover the area of Newfoundland?
a)
500 B.C
b)
1000 A.D.
c)
1500 A.D.
d)
1900 A.D
9.
Leif Eriksson's father was famous for discovering Greenland. What was his name?
a)
Joseph the Rich
b)
Mark the Green
c)
Erik the Red
d)
Albert the Third
10.
Which ship was not one of Columbus's ships that sailed in 1492?
a)
Nina
b)
Pinta
c)
Santa Maria
d)
Titanic
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